NIS COMMITTEE MEETING NO. 180

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-05597A000400030020-8
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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 31, 1998
• Sequence Number: 20
• Publication Date: October 19, 1954
• Content Type: MIN

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VIS CooarTra MEETING NO 180
19 October 1954 S#*Wtrr ee.
The folicoing were presents
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3. Treatment of NIS.a
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The State member said that StaN3etinS No,. 179) vas not Y had
NIS committee until the report
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traatmen,Re ? ueatad that this matter (tee members-,
ready. ed and ci~ultd to the N'S Cocmn-ittee&
before been d the next regular meeting of the
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the review of NIS the members reported
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cottee FT 1955 ( $e Oi cations J. their Meeting ties as foll+o
production
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States The State member reported that his Agency is feeling
the its of the Foreign Service integration program with its
resultant uncertainties and morale factors.
Arme~rs The Army member reported his Agency is about 50%
aheadof last year's production of comparable date. He stated
ArW has taken drastic steps to further improve production, but
whether they will provide the necessary results is questionable
since Aiv intelligence components are about 25% under strength,
The Chairman suggested a special meeting with Army representatives
for the purpose of developing procedures to further the guidance of
analysts as a means of reducing review problems.
Navvy: The Navy member said that Navy's reduced production
was caused by getting on with the new coordination responsibility
for Chapter VIII. He felt, however, that Navy would shortly be
fully meeting its commitments.
Aire: The Air Force member reported his Agency will not
be in a very good position until around the first. of the year due
to organizational changes and to the fact that Chapters I are
taking a little more time on their part. He also reported the
Outline to Section 83 is being revised in line with current Air
Force requirements and will be submitted to the Committee in the
near future for approval.
a. Copies of page proofs and related maps and graphics on Chapter
I of NIS 7 (Denmark) were distributed to the merrb ers for review, The Chair.
man suggested that the Committee meet in a special session, together with
the Chapter I Task Group in D/B, on Tuesday, 26 October 1954, for the purpose
of discussing agencies' comments on the draft and problems relating to
Chapter I production and procedures.
b. The State. and Navy members advised that their requirements for
Chapters I are unchanged (State: 30 - Navy: 101), The Army and Air Force
members will later notify the Chairman on the requirements of their respective
agencieso
c, The Chairman stressed the necessity for meeting deadlines of
Chapters I since all contributions must be available before preparing the
Chapter I map, and the review of individual contributions to Chapter I is
dependent upon examination of inter-related factors involving other
contributions,
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NIS Production on Indonesia
The State member reported that his Agency would be unable with
present capabilities to augment production on Chapters IP, V, and VI of
NIS 100 (Indonesia) before fiscal year 1958. However, there is a
possibility that the additional support in fulfillment of USIA requirements
may permit earlier work on Indonesia. State is also looking into the
possibility of some augmentation of capabilities through external research
contracts.
In respect to Chapter VIII on NIS 100, the Navy member said that
Section 82 was scheduled for fiscal year 1956 but he would explore with the
other Defense Agencies the possibility of-including a condensed Chapter
VIII this year.
The Army Member reported that CINCFE had made known high priority
requirements for NIS on the following Southeast Asian countries: Burma..,
Thailand, Malaya, and Indonesia. Armor is awaiting comments on this matter
from CINCPAC before taking further action. The Chairman requested that the
Committee be kept informed of developments.
7. Chapter IX Committee Reports
The Chairman was advised that members had not received copies of
the 5 October 1954 report of a meeting of the Chapter IX Subcommittee held
on 30 September 1954 which includes not only projected schedules for FT 1956,
1957 and 1958 but various other factors concerning NIS production and
maintenance. The Chairman will ask the Chapter IX Coordinator to send an
additional copy of this report (and all subsequent Chapter IX Subcommittee
reports) to each member for consideration of its substantive aspects at
the next regular meeting of the NIS Committee,
8. USIA and PW Requirements
The Chairman briefed the Committee on the developments involving
NIS support of intelligence requirements for the US Information Agency (USIA)
and the Arsgy?s Office of the Chief of Psychological, Warfare (OCPW). From
the NIS viewpoint, both of these requirements have much in common, relying
extensively on NIS Chapters IV, V, and VI, The USIA is authorized to receive
available NIS on all world areas, The Chairman will meet shortly with USIA
representatives to give them guidance in the selection of NIS elements which
will support USIA requirements. After the USIA has had experience with the
NIS, the Chairman said he would propose that the USIA send representatives
to confer with the NIS Committee relative to any additional USIA requirements
which might be appropriate to include in the NIS Outline. At that meeting
representation should also include other interested agencies, such as OCPW
and OCB, so that the problem can be viewed in broad perspective.
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Several recent meetings have been held with representatives of
CIA and OCPW relative to intelligence support of psywar requirements.
At these meetings the Chairman expressed the view that maxiTmrm use should
be made of the NIS and its detailed files in fulfilling these requirements.
The Chairman noted that both the USIA and paywar requirements were so
highly specialized they could not appropriately be wholly satisfied by
the NIS.
9. Miscellaneous
A, The State member requested that paragraph 7 (Treatment of the
Saar) of NIS Committee MeeGsing No. 178 be amended to read
a. Chapter IV (Sociological) on should
treat the Saar separately as an annex.
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Chapters V (Political) and VI (Economic) should treat
separately as annexes under
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Be The Army member reported that after thorough examination of
NIS Memorandum No. 20 (Preparation of NIS Maintenance Contributions) it
was concluded that maintenance of Section 81 of NIS 18 (Czechoslovakia)
is not warranted at this time. The Arur member therefore proposed that
this section be dropped from the schedule, with no substitutions. The
proposal was approved by the Committee.
C. The Army member reported that he had in his files Air Force
drafts of Sections 37 and 83 on NIS 34 (Afghanistan). The Army member
was requested to turn this material back to the Air Force for incorporating
material in Section 37 into Section 83. The Air Force member will also
look into the matter of bringing the material in these sections up to date
before publication.
10, A special meeting of the NIS Committee for discussion on Chapter I
will be held at 1000 hours on 26 October 1954. The next regular meeting
of the NIS Committee will be held at 1000 hours on Tuesday, 2 November 1954.
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1 - SA[PC/DCI
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1 - AD/RR
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